# \[X\] Bug? in export - related to \_total\_time
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-bug-in-export-related-to-total-time/6732
**Category:** No Bugs
**Created:** [May 1, 2008, 10:37am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-bug-in-export-related-to-total-time/6732 "2008-05-01T10:37:16Z")
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### Author:  [@zturk](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/zturk)
#### Post date: [May 1, 2008, 10:37am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-bug-in-export-related-to-total-time/6732/1 "2008-05-01T10:37:16Z")
Export Script #1 - produces periodic incorrect values for \_total\_time
$filename(list\_all.txt)$loop(%album%,1)
%band%;%album%;%genre%;%year%;%www%;%comment%;%\_total\_time%;%\_covers%;%\_mode%;%\_samplerate%;%\_codec%;%\_bitrate%;%\_vbr% $loopend()
Export Script #2 - works correctly
$filename(list\_all2.txt)$loop(%\_folderpath%,1)
%band%;%album%;%genre%;%year%;%www%;%comment%;%\_total\_time%;%\_covers%;%\_mode%;%\_samplerate%;%\_codec%;%\_bitrate%;%\_vbr% $loopend()
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Script purpose - simply generates a delimited file that is easily imported into MS Excel
I have about 900 lines of output from this script... I noticed in script #1 that some of the
CDs had the \_total\_time values below (which exceed the 80 min limit of a CD)... I then repeated
running script #1 and got similar results but not for the same CDs?... Script #2 does not
yield this behavour... so, not sure this is bug but is not obvious to me the cause... I use v2.40...
1:41:31
2:01:26
2:05:52
2:19:58
2:22:12
2:24:54
1 day, 00:06:09
As always, thanks for such a great tool...
BaldTurkey
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### Author:  [@DetlevD](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/DetlevD)
#### Post date: [May 1, 2008, 2:04pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-bug-in-export-related-to-total-time/6732/2 "2008-05-01T14:04:37Z")
> [@Bald Turkey](#):
>
> ...I have about 900 lines of output from this script... I noticed in script #1 that some of the CDs had the \_total\_time values below (which exceed the 80 min limit of a CD)... I then repeated running script #1 and got similar results but not for the same CDs?... Script #2 does not yield this behavour... so, not sure this is bug but is not obvious to me the cause...
I've condensed your export scripts into following version:
```
$filename(o:\test\Test_Bald_Turkey.txt)
--- ALBUM ---
$loop(%album%,1)
%artist%;%album%;ALBUM;%_total_time%$loopend()
--- FOLDERPATH ---
$loop(%_folderpath%,1)
%artist%;%album%;FOLDERPATH;%_total_time%$loopend()
```
and got no differences concerning the values of %\_total\_time%.
I've sorted the output from the above test script into follwing view:
```
Aerosmith;Greatest Hits;ALBUM;00:37:33
Aerosmith;Greatest Hits;FOLDERPATH;00:37:33
Albatross;Live In Sweden;ALBUM;01:35:04
Albatross;Live In Sweden;FOLDERPATH;00:44:00
Albatross;Live In Sweden;FOLDERPATH;00:51:04
```
and I cannot verify the case you've described.
You see that an album, which consist of two CDs in two subfolders, will be summed folder by folder in $loop(%\_folderpath%,1) in contrast to $loop(%album%,1), which returns a sum per complete album.
DD.20080501.1803.CEST
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [December 28, 2018, 2:23pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-bug-in-export-related-to-total-time/6732/3 "2018-12-28T14:23:01Z")
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